Can't get to text console using Alt+Ctrl+F1-F6
Van Snyder
Van.Snyder at jpl.nasa.gov
Wed Oct 6 16:40:47 PDT 2010
I searched in vain for the answer to this question in
http://www.x.org/wiki/FAQ and
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/.
As a consequence of some recent update, I can't get to a text console
using Alt+Ctrl+F1-F6.
I have to do Alt+Ctrl+F11 or Alt+Ctrl+F12 first.
After X starts but before I log in (that is, when the login screen is
still being displayed), Alt+Ctrl+F1 switches to a text console.
After either Gnome or KDE starts, Alt+Ctrl+F1 doesn't switch to a text
console. Alt+Ctrl+F12 switches to a blank screen, after which Alt+Ctrl
+F1-F6 switch to a text console. Alt+Ctrl+F7 then switches back to X,
after which Alt+Ctrl+F1-F6 again do not switch to a text console.
This is mostly just an annoyance I'd like to correct, but one of my
computers doesn't have an F12 key. It uses an old AT 84-key keyboard.
On that computer, it's more than just an annoyance.
Why don't Alt+Ctrl+F1-F6 work any more without Alt+Ctrl+F12 first?
What can I do to repair it?
My kernel is 1.6.18-165.15.1
My distro is CentOs release 5.4 (Final)
My X server is xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.1.1-48.67.el5_4.1
My 88-key keyboard layout is attached. The number in the bottom right
corner of each box is the keycode reported by xev.
Keycodes and unshifted keysyms for that beyboard, as reported by xev,
are attached.
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AT 84-key keyboard as reported by xev in
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.1.1-48.67.el5_4.1
unshifted unshifted
keycode keysym symbol keycode keysym symbol
67 ffbe F1 36 0d Enter
68 ffbf F2 79 ff50 Home KP7
69 ffc0 F3 80 ff52 Up KP8
70 ffc1 F4 81 ff55 PgUp KP9
71 ffc2 F5 83 2a PrtSc KP_Multiply
72 ffc3 F6 37 ffe3 Ctrl
73 ffc4 F7 38 61 A
74 ffc5 F8 39 73 S
75 ffc6 F9 40 64 D
76 ffc7 F10 41 66 F
49 60 `~ 42 67 G
10 31 1! 43 68 H
11 32 2@ 44 6a J
12 33 3# 45 6b K
13 34 4$ 46 6c L
14 35 5% 47 3b ;:
15 36 6^ 48 27 '"
16 37 7& 83 ff51 Left KP4
17 38 8* 84 ff9d KP5
18 39 9( 85 ff53 Right KP6
19 30 0) 82 2d KP_Subtract
20 2d -_ 50 ffe1 Shift-L
21 3d =+ 52 7a Z
51 5c \| 53 78 X
22 08 Backspace 54 63 C
9 1b ESC 55 76 V
77 ff7f NUM 56 62 B
78 ff13 SCRL 57 6e N
111 ff61 SYS REQ 58 6d M
23 ff09 TAB 59 2c ,<
24 71 Q 60 2e .>
25 77 W 61 2f /?
26 65 E 62 ffe2 Shirt-R
27 72 R 87 ff57 End KP1
28 74 T 88 ff54 Down KP2
29 79 Y 89 ff56 PgDn KP3
30 75 U 86 ffab KP_Add
31 69 I 64 ffe9 ALT
32 6f O 65 20 Space
33 70 P 66 ffe5 CapLock
34 5b [{ 90 ff63 Ins KP0
35 5d ]} 91 ffff Del
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